title: [Conservative surgical treatment of a spontaneous splenic rupture during infectious mononucleosis. Report of a case and review of the [Conservative surgical treatment of a spontaneous splenic rupture during infectious mononucleosis. Case report and literature review].
abstract: A spontaneous splenic rupture occurred in a 31 year old patient suffering from infectious mononucleosis. An echography and an abdominal CT Scan revealed a rupture of the inferior pole of the spleen with a hemoperitoneum. A conservative surgical treatment was performed. Postoperative course was uneventful. This case-report draws the attention to the possibility of a conservative surgical treatment of a splenic rupture in the course of infectious mononucleosis. This attitude avoids the complications of splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Digestive, C.H.U. Brugmann, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baraké
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Guillaume
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mendes da Costa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery* / Q000821:virology*; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Traitement chirurgical conservateur d'une rupture spontanée de la rate au décours d'une mononucléose infectieuse. Rapport d'un cas et revue de la littérature.